Paper-fastener.



No. 837,449. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.-

H. L. COWING.

PAPER PASTENER. APPLICATION FILED 0012a. 1905.

PATENT ()FFICE.

HERBERT LEE GOWING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

-PAPER-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed October 28, 1905. Serial No. 284,824.

To all whmn it Duty concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT LEE CowING, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPaper-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for fastening togetherpapers, such as letters, invoices, legal documents, and the like; andthe object of my invention is to provide such a device which will becheap, efiicient, and of great capacity and which will not require themutilation of the papers by punching holes therein.

Briefly described, my new paper-fastening device consists of two piecesof metal having inclined sides (sheet metal ,being preferred, althoughother material may be used) provided with apertures through which a cordis threaded, the cord serving to draw the two pieces of metal togetherand to position the papers. members serves to hold the end of the cord.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the bestmode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is aperspective view showing a bundle of papers bound together by my newfastener. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of my new fastener, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing the cooperating triangular members separatedand the manner in which the cord is passed through the apertures.

The upper triangular member a is formed with the apertures 2, 3, 4, and5, arranged along two of the sides and provided, preferably, witheyelets, which serve to secure the card I) and to save the parts fromwear. In one of the angles is fastened a button 0, about which the looseend of the cord (1 may be wound, the other end of the cord being firmlysecured in place by the eyelet in the hole 2. The edges of the member aare flanged, which serves to strengthen them and to prevent buckling.

The lower member 6 is formed with the holes 6, 7, 8, and 9, which areprovided with eyelets. The cord (1 is passed from the hole A buttonfastened upon one of the 2, in which it is secured by the eyelet, to thehole 6, immediately underneath, through said hole 6 and diagonallyacross the back of the lower member, Fig. 2, to the hole 9, thencethrough holes 9 and 5 and along the front of the upper member a to thehole 4, through 'the holes 4 and 8, thence diagonally across the back ofthe lower member 6 to the hole 7, through the holes 7 and 3, and thencearound the button 0. When the two members are separated, as shown inFig. 3, the four parallel portions of the cord (marked 0 serve to limitthe distance to which the corner of the papers may be inserted, andthereby to position the papers.

The lower member 6 is curved inwardly at its central portion f, giving aspring efiect to this member, which tends to prevent buckling and tohold the papers securely.

Upon the card 6 may be noted in writing the contents of the bundle ofpapers.

My new fastener has a wide range of action and will bind together twopapers or fifty equally well.

that I claim is 1. A paper-fastener made up of two triangular-shapedplates each formed with a plurality of apertures 011 each of two of itssides near the edge thereof; and a cord interlaced through each of saidapertures, the portions of said cord between the plates being parallelto one another; and said parallel portions comprising two sets of guideswhich lie outside of the adjacent edge faces of a corner of the bundleof papers.

2. A paper-fastener made up of two triangular-shaped plates each formedwith a plurality of apertures on each of two of its sides near the edgethereof; a cord which is interlaced through each of said apertures andone end of which is permanently fastened to one of said plates; theportions of said cord between the plates being parallel to one anotherand said parallel portions comprising two sets of guides which lieoutside of the adjacent edge faces of a corner of the bundle of papers;and means mounted on one of said plates for fastening the loose end ofsaid cord.

3. A paperfastener made up of two triangular-shaped plates formed withapertures;

eyelets in said apertures; a card secured by said eyelets to the face ofone of said plates; of said plates for securing the loose end of a cordone end of which is permanently sesaid cord. cured to one of saidplatesby one of said eyelets, the other end of said 00rd being passed HERBERTLEE OOWING through said apertures and the ortions of Witnesses: saidcord between said plates being parallel JAMES HAMILTON,

to one another; and means mounted on one MARGARET HAMILTON.

